Mg 81

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Originally Posted by chuckfourth

Its in its own paragraph and isnt attributed to anyone. I disagree that it looks as if it is a statement by either of you.
The statement is included because I am expecting the thread to be closed shortly so Im trying to make this thread as short as possible by refuting possible arguments before they are put. I am trying to get a -satisfactory- answer to my question before the thread is closed.

You can weasel around it all you like but you have not convinced me you were not trying to make it look like a statement to that effect as been put forward by someone resposible for the game and since the post starts off with " Hi Don " anyone reading it would think I had suggested this.

The reason your threads get closed is becasue you don't accept answers that you disagree with and both Andy and I and Shrapnel are well aware of how skillfully you walk just the other side of the line though had the new rules been in place some time ago you wouldn't be here now

The REASON the MG34/42s are not modeled as HMG's is becasue the tripod version was always modeled as a MMG and no consideration was given to the ranges it was capable of firing when the telescopic sight. I do not care one little bit if it was discussed on the "old DOS forum" becasue paid next to zero attention to what was said there in part becasue of people who were willing to argue on and on and on and on and what past for "moderators" let it happen


I am fully aware of the ranges the Mg34/42 was capable of firing from the Lafette with the telescopin sight but despite what you claim it was NOT set up with the sight normally even though photographs may give the impression it was

With the introduction of the MG34, a heavy MG tripod with optical sight was also introduced. The heavy tripod known as the Lafette 34 and the optical sight known as the MG Z 34 ‘MG Zieleinrichtung 34’. This was considered to be the world’s finest and most advanced tripod mount ever developed for the light machine gun. It first appeared in the 1930s, and proved to be outstanding in any role. The main role was to transform the MG34 into a heavy machine gun role. The question of searching fire from the heavy machine gun was solved with the automatic searching fire device. This device was incorporated into the Lafette design and proved to be very unique. When activated, the searching fire device would automatically index up and down as the gun recoiled within its cradle. When the MG42 was introduced, a Lafette 42 was also introduced being the same in everyway as the Lafette 34 model apart from the machine gun locking brackets. When used by trained troops in action, it became a deadly platform for precision accuracy. It weighed approximately 20 Kg which made it a bulky item to carry. Many accessories were issued with the tripod including the optical sight, but many of the tripods were not used with the optical sight. They were simply just used as a platform and the MG34 was fired by open sight.

It's ultimate accuracy at those ranges with the ROF the Mg34 and even more so the Mg42 was capable of is debateable but if someone is trying to do is get a lot of rounds 2000+ yards DR in the same general area it was certainly capable of doing that and I have made a note to review this info whenever we decide to start work on the games again and perhaps add a HMG version.

Don